UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of
Report (Date of Earliest Event
Reported): October
22, 2008
Southwest
Airlines Co.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Texas
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1-7259
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74-1563240
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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P.
O. Box 36611, Dallas, Texas
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75235-1611
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (214)
792-4000
Not
Applicable
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Former
name or former address, if changed since last report
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the
filing
obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
[ ] Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
(17 CFR
230.425)
[ ] Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.14a-12)
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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
8.01 Other
Events
Attached
as Exhibit 100 to this Current Report on Form 8-K are the following financial
statements from Southwest Airlines Co.’s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) on October 20, 2008, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible
Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of
September 30, 2008, and December 31, 2007; (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statement
of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007; and
(iii) Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007. Users of this data are
advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial information
contained in the XBRL-Related Documents is unaudited and these are not the
official financial statements of Southwest Airlines Co. as filed with the SEC.
The purpose of furnishing these XBRL formatted documents is to test the related
format and technology and, as result, investors should continue to rely on the
official filed version of the furnished documents and not rely on the
information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100,
in making investment decisions.
In
accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current
Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed “filed” for the
purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and
shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other
document filed under Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act,
except as shall be expressly set forth by specific references in such
filing.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
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100
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The
following financial statements from Southwest Airlines Co.’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, filed on
October 20, 2008, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting
Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, (ii) Condensed
Consolidated Statement of Income, and (iii) Condensed Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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SOUTHWEST
AIRLINES CO.
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October
22, 2008
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By
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/s/ Laura
Wright
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Laura
Wright
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Chief
Financial Officer
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(Principal
Financial and
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Accounting
Officer)
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Exhibit
Index
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100
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The
following financial statements from Southwest Airlines Co.’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, filed on
October 20, 2008, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting
Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, (ii) Condensed
Consolidated Statement of Income, and (iii) Condensed Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows.
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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EX-100.INS
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XBRL
Instance Document
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EX-100.SCH
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XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
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EX-100.PRE
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XBRL
Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document
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EX-100.LAB
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XBRL
Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document
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EX-100.CAL
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XBRL
Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase
Document
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